Sports roundup: Finger injury to keep Wie out of LPGA Championship

Michelle Wie suffered a finger injury that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Championship this week and will keep her out from three to five weeks.

Golf

Michelle Wie suffered a finger injury that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Championship this week and will keep her out from three to five weeks.

Wie has a stress reaction in a bone in her right index finger that was diagnosed by hand surgeon Dr. Tom Graham of the Cleveland Clinic.

Graham also worked with Wie in 2007 when she suffered a broken wrist.

“Michelle has developed an ‘acute-on-chronic’ injury influenced by the volume in which she practices and plays,” Graham said. “Michelle is very aware of her body and was keen to pick up on this injury before it may have created a more severe problem.”

• Inbee Park made two long birdie putts on the back nine and finished with a 3-under-par 68 to remain a stroke ahead after the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Mich.

The third-ranked South Korean player holed a 25-footer from the fringe on the par-3 14th, bogeyed the par-4 15th after missing a 3-foot par try, and rebounded with a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th.

Park is at 13-under 200.

South Korean rookie Mirim Lee was second after a 67. Norway’s Suzann Pettersen was another stroke back after a 69.

Swimming

U.S. teenager Ledecky sets world mark in 400 freestyle

Katie Ledecky broke the world record in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships in Irvine, Calif., becoming the first woman since Janet Evans to own world marks in the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyles at the same time.

The 17-year-old from Bethesda, Md., won in 3 minutes, 58.86 seconds. She joined Italy’s Federica Pellegrini as the only women to break four minutes in the event.

It was Ledecky’s third win of the nationals, having earlier claimed the 200 and 800 freestyles.

Michael Phelps lost for the third time this week, finishing sixth in the 100 backstroke. Olympic champion Matt Grevers won in 52.75. Phelps touched in 53.95.